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Zeta Tau Alpha
Zeta Tau Alpha (ΖΤΑ), also known as Zeta, is an international women's fraternity. It was founded in 1898 at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. Its international office is located in Carmel, Indiana. It is a member of the National Panhellenic Conference and currently has more than 312,000 initiated members.
Zeta Tau Alpha's women's fraternity was founded by nine students on October 15, 1898, at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. It was the third organization founded of the "Farmville Four". In order, these are: Kappa Delta (1897), Sigma Sigma Sigma (1898), Zeta Tau Alpha (1898), and Alpha Sigma Alpha (1901).
Zeta Tau Alpha's nine founders were Maud Jones Horner, Della Lewis Hundley, Alice Bland Coleman, Mary Campbell Jones Batte, Alice Grey Welsh, Ethel Coleman Van Name , Helen May Crafford, Frances Yancey Smith, and Ruby Leigh Orgain.
In 1897, the founders began meeting to form an organization during their time at the college to cement the bonds of their friend group, which at the time, numbered at "a dozen". When Alice Bland Coleman was approached by another women's fraternity on campus to join, the founders pushed forward with starting the fraternity. Maud Jones Horner and Frances Yancey Smith then turned to their respective brothers, Plummer Jones (Kappa Alpha Order and Phi Beta Kappa) and Giles Mebane Smith (Phi Theta Psi and Phi Beta Kappa), as resources of information regarding the fraternity system. At this time, the fraternity went by its original moniker, "???" (pronounced "Who, Who, Who?") which was used during its first interactions with the two other women's fraternities at Longwood. In the spring of 1899, the Greek letter name "Zeta Tau Alpha" was selected.
In 1902, member Grace Elcan Garnett, attained a charter for Zeta Tau Alpha from the State of Virginia, cementing its official purpose: "The object of said association shall be to intensify friendship, promote happiness among its members, and in every way to create such sentiments; to perform such deeds, and to mould such opinions as will conduce to the building up of a nobler and purer womanhood in the world." Zeta Tau Alpha was the first women's fraternity to receive a charter by a special act of the Virginia legislature.
In 1903, the first national convention was held in Farmville and it was here that the name of the fraternity's official publication Themis was decided. It was also at this convention that Zeta Tau Alpha officially adopted the term "fraternity" instead of "sorority" to distinguish the organization from those directly affiliated with men's fraternities. In 1907, Zeta Tau Alpha had 176 active members and 300 total initiates from eight chapters. It also had an alumnae association. In 1909, the organization joined the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), an umbrella organization consisting of women's fraternities and sororities, to expand. This resulted in the first closure of its Alpha chapter at Longwood University.
In 1954, Zeta Tau Alpha established the Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation. The foundation is a non-profit organization devoted to funding scholarships for sisters, providing educational programming, and supporting the fraternity's national philanthropy which is breast cancer education and awareness. Zeta Tau Alpha Housing Corporation was founded in 1974. The organization manages official chapter facilities.
The Zeta Tau Alpha's member badge is a small black shield superimposed on a gold or silver shield bearing the Greek letters "ΖΤΑ", a five-pointed crown, and the name Themis in Greek. Designed with the help of Mebane Smith, Maud Jones Horner, Frances Yancey Smith, and Mary Campbell Jones Batte chose the final design. It may be enhanced with jewels and pearls surrounding the shield to indicate office or years of service. The size was regulated at the 1912 convention to be modeled after that of Dr. May Agnes Hopkins, the fraternity's national president at the time. Members may wear a chapter guard and attach dangles to denote achievements and positions held as within the fraternity. The chapter guard is the only pin allowed to be attached to the badge and the badge may not be turned into jewelry or set with more than two stones. The fraternity has no official jewel or gemstone.
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Zeta Tau Alpha
Zeta Tau Alpha (ΖΤΑ), also known as Zeta, is an international women's fraternity. It was founded in 1898 at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. Its international office is located in Carmel, Indiana. It is a member of the National Panhellenic Conference and currently has more than 312,000 initiated members.
Zeta Tau Alpha's women's fraternity was founded by nine students on October 15, 1898, at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. It was the third organization founded of the "Farmville Four". In order, these are: Kappa Delta (1897), Sigma Sigma Sigma (1898), Zeta Tau Alpha (1898), and Alpha Sigma Alpha (1901).
Zeta Tau Alpha's nine founders were Maud Jones Horner, Della Lewis Hundley, Alice Bland Coleman, Mary Campbell Jones Batte, Alice Grey Welsh, Ethel Coleman Van Name , Helen May Crafford, Frances Yancey Smith, and Ruby Leigh Orgain.
In 1897, the founders began meeting to form an organization during their time at the college to cement the bonds of their friend group, which at the time, numbered at "a dozen". When Alice Bland Coleman was approached by another women's fraternity on campus to join, the founders pushed forward with starting the fraternity. Maud Jones Horner and Frances Yancey Smith then turned to their respective brothers, Plummer Jones (Kappa Alpha Order and Phi Beta Kappa) and Giles Mebane Smith (Phi Theta Psi and Phi Beta Kappa), as resources of information regarding the fraternity system. At this time, the fraternity went by its original moniker, "???" (pronounced "Who, Who, Who?") which was used during its first interactions with the two other women's fraternities at Longwood. In the spring of 1899, the Greek letter name "Zeta Tau Alpha" was selected.
In 1902, member Grace Elcan Garnett, attained a charter for Zeta Tau Alpha from the State of Virginia, cementing its official purpose: "The object of said association shall be to intensify friendship, promote happiness among its members, and in every way to create such sentiments; to perform such deeds, and to mould such opinions as will conduce to the building up of a nobler and purer womanhood in the world." Zeta Tau Alpha was the first women's fraternity to receive a charter by a special act of the Virginia legislature.
In 1903, the first national convention was held in Farmville and it was here that the name of the fraternity's official publication Themis was decided. It was also at this convention that Zeta Tau Alpha officially adopted the term "fraternity" instead of "sorority" to distinguish the organization from those directly affiliated with men's fraternities. In 1907, Zeta Tau Alpha had 176 active members and 300 total initiates from eight chapters. It also had an alumnae association. In 1909, the organization joined the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), an umbrella organization consisting of women's fraternities and sororities, to expand. This resulted in the first closure of its Alpha chapter at Longwood University.
In 1954, Zeta Tau Alpha established the Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation. The foundation is a non-profit organization devoted to funding scholarships for sisters, providing educational programming, and supporting the fraternity's national philanthropy which is breast cancer education and awareness. Zeta Tau Alpha Housing Corporation was founded in 1974. The organization manages official chapter facilities.
The Zeta Tau Alpha's member badge is a small black shield superimposed on a gold or silver shield bearing the Greek letters "ΖΤΑ", a five-pointed crown, and the name Themis in Greek. Designed with the help of Mebane Smith, Maud Jones Horner, Frances Yancey Smith, and Mary Campbell Jones Batte chose the final design. It may be enhanced with jewels and pearls surrounding the shield to indicate office or years of service. The size was regulated at the 1912 convention to be modeled after that of Dr. May Agnes Hopkins, the fraternity's national president at the time. Members may wear a chapter guard and attach dangles to denote achievements and positions held as within the fraternity. The chapter guard is the only pin allowed to be attached to the badge and the badge may not be turned into jewelry or set with more than two stones. The fraternity has no official jewel or gemstone.